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Annual VEVRAA Hiring Benchmark is Now 5.9%
Today the 2019 Annual Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA) hiring benchmark was updated on the VEVRAA Benchmark Database. Effective on March 31, 2019, the new benchmark is 5.9 percent. Looking for prior national percentages? View a chart of...
Town Halls: OFCCP Wants to Help
Ensuring federal contractors have the free tools and resources needed to comply with their equal opportunity obligations is critically important. In order to continue to enhance the scope and quality of OFCCP's compliance assistance materials we have been...
Tech Industry Town Halls: OFCCP Wants to Help
The compliance assistance that OFCCP provides is free and critically important to ensuring that federal contractors have the tools and resources needed to comply with their equal employment opportunity obligations. To enhance the scope and...
Annual VEVRAA Hiring Benchmark is 6.4 Percent
Today the 2018 Annual Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA) hiring benchmark was updated on the VEVRAA Benchmark Database. Effective on March 31, 2018, the new benchmark is 6.4%. Looking for prior national percentages? View a chart of the annual...
CSALs Mailed February 1, 2018
On February 1, 2018 the OFCCP sent out 1,000 Corporate Scheduling Announcement Letters (CSALs) to federal contractors around the nation. Get the full details of what these letters mean and how to prepare for your impending audit.
OFCCP to Host Compliance Assistance Town Halls
As with any job, feedback is crucial to providing better tools and resources. To ensure that federal contractors have the resources they need to voluntarily comply with the equal employment opportunity and nondiscrimination obligations required by Executive Order...
Annual VEVRAA Hiring Benchmark is 6.7 Percent
Today the 2017 Annual Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA) hiring benchmark was updated on the VEVRAA Benchmark Database. The benchmark – 6.7 percent – is effective March 31, 2017. Contractors who adopted the previous year’s national benchmark...
2016 Annual VEVRAA Hiring Benchmark is 6.9 Percent
The United States Department of Labor just shared the following announcement: OFCCP has published the 2016 Annual Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA) Benchmark on its Web site based on data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) on...
OFCCP Announces its Final Rule Updating Sex Discrimination Guidelines
The United States Department of Labor shared the following announcement via email: Today, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) announced a Final Rule that sets forth the requirements that covered contractors must meet under the provisions of...
OFCCP Develops a Reasonable Accommodation Pocket Card
OFCCP created a new “Requesting a Reasonable Accommodation” pocket card. The pocket card helps applicants, employees and other interested parties understand the process for requesting a reasonable accommodation. The card uses simple language and answers these four...
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